Empower your Day in Just Seconds
Grantley Morris
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In some western Christian traditions we often gain the impression that the ideal posture for prayer is to bow ones head and close ones eyes. This is in such stark contrast to the Bible that when Jesus wished to convey how exceptionally despondent and guilt-ridden the tax collector in his parable was, he said that this man would not even look up to heaven when praying (Luke 18:13). For this to be meaningful to Jesus hearers, praying while looking upwards must have been the norm in his day. Jesus himself regularly prayed with his head lifted and his eyes open (Mark 6:41;7:34; John 11:41;17:1). In the Old Testament, too, bowed knees might show loving reverence, but a bowed head is different. In the Word of God, looking down while praying is usually associated with the shame and grief of not being right with God because of sin (e.g. Ezra 9:6; Psalm 123:1). Taken from Prayer Secrets
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